US6152747A
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Electrical connector
Assignee: Amphenol Corp
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Filing: 1998-11-24
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Granted: 2000-11-28
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Expires: 2018-11-24
Abstract
Abstract An electrical connector having a plurality of electrical conductors with one portion thereof disposed in a housing and an end of such connector projecting outward from the housing and terminating in a pad disposed perpendicular to the housing disposed portion. The connector is provided adapted for mounting to an ball grid array disposed on a printed circuit board. The pad is coupled to the conductor through a curved interconnect. The interconnect is configured as an inductor to provide a series resonant circuit element for the capacitor effect provided by the pad. The connector has a housing adapted to having therein a plurality of wafer-like modules. Each one of the modules has a dielectric support and an array of signal electrical conductors electrically insulated by portions of the supports. A ground plane electrical conductor is provided. The ground plane conductor is disposed under, and is separated from, portions of the signal electrical conductor by the dielectric member. The signal conductor, ground plane conductor and portion of the dielectric support member therebetween are configured as a microstrip transmission line having a predetermined impedance.
Inventors
- 👤 David M. McNamara
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 23:46
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R13/00; H01R13/648; H01R13/658; H01R13/6581; H01R13/6585; H01R13/6586; H01R13/6587
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
100 words
An electrical connector, comprising: a plurality of columns of spaced signal contacts, each column having a plurality of signal contacts in a center region of the column and an end signal contact at each end of the column; a plurality of shield members, each shield member being parallel and adjacent to one of the plurality of columns of signal contacts; and wherein the spacing between any two adjacent signal contacts in the center region of the column is less than the spacing between a signal contact in the center region of the column and the end signal contact adjacent thereto.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
100 words
An electrical connector, comprising: a plurality of columns of spaced signal contacts, each column having a plurality of signal contacts in a center region of the column and an end signal contact at each end of the column; a plurality of shield members, each shield member being parallel and adjacent to one of the plurality of columns of signal contacts; and wherein the spacing between any two adjacent signal contacts in the center region of the column is less than the spacing between a signal contact in the center region of the column and the end signal contact adjacent thereto.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
134 words
An electrical connector, comprising: (a) a plurality of columns of signal contacts; (b) a plurality of shield members, each one of the shield members being in parallel and adjacent to one of the columns, each column, comprising: (i) a plurality of spaced signal contacts, each one of the contacts having: a mating portion for engaging a signal contact in a mating connector; a contact tail for engaging a printed circuit board; and, an intermediate portion joining the mating portion and the contact tail; and (ii) wherein the spacing, measured in a direction parallel to the shield member, between the intermediate portion of the contacts at ends of the column and the intermediate portion of an adjacent signal contact is greater than the spacing between the intermediate portions of any other two adjacent signal contacts.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
134 words
An electrical connector, comprising: (a) a plurality of columns of signal contacts; (b) a plurality of shield members, each one of the shield members being in parallel and adjacent to one of the columns, each column, comprising: (i) a plurality of spaced signal contacts, each one of the contacts having: a mating portion for engaging a signal contact in a mating connector; a contact tail for engaging a printed circuit board; and, an intermediate portion joining the mating portion and the contact tail; and (ii) wherein the spacing, measured in a direction parallel to the shield member, between the intermediate portion of the contacts at ends of the column and the intermediate portion of an adjacent signal contact is greater than the spacing between the intermediate portions of any other two adjacent signal contacts.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
76 words
An electrical connector, comprising: a plurality of columns of spaced signal contacts, each column having a plurality of contacts in a center region of the column and an end contact at each end of the column; and wherein the spacing between any two adjacent ones of the contacts in the center region of the column is less than the spacing between a contact in the center region of the column and the end contact adjacent thereto.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
76 words
An electrical connector, comprising: a plurality of columns of spaced signal contacts, each column having a plurality of contacts in a center region of the column and an end contact at each end of the column; and wherein the spacing between any two adjacent ones of the contacts in the center region of the column is less than the spacing between a contact in the center region of the column and the end contact adjacent thereto.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
The electrical connector recited in claim 3 including a shield disposed parallel and adjacent to one of the columns.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
15 words
The electrical connector recited in claim 4 wherein the shield is a reference potential member.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
The electrical connector recited in claim 4 including a plurality of shields interleaved with and parallel to the columns.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
14 words
The electrical connector recited in claim 6 wherein the shields are reference potential member.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
128 words
An electrical connector, comprising: (a) a plurality of columns of spaced signal contacts, each column having a plurality of contacts in a center region of the column and an end contact at each end of the column, each one of the contacts having: a mating portion for engaging a signal contact in a mating connector; a contact tail for engaging a printed circuit board; and, an intermediate section joining the mating portion and the contact tail; and wherein the spacing between the intermediate section of any two adjacent ones of the contacts in the center region of the column is less than the spacing between the intermediate section of a contact in the center region of the column and the intermediate section of the end contact adjacent thereto.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
128 words
An electrical connector, comprising: (a) a plurality of columns of spaced signal contacts, each column having a plurality of contacts in a center region of the column and an end contact at each end of the column, each one of the contacts having: a mating portion for engaging a signal contact in a mating connector; a contact tail for engaging a printed circuit board; and, an intermediate section joining the mating portion and the contact tail; and wherein the spacing between the intermediate section of any two adjacent ones of the contacts in the center region of the column is less than the spacing between the intermediate section of a contact in the center region of the column and the intermediate section of the end contact adjacent thereto.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
28 words
The connector recited in claim 8 including a plurality of shield members, each one of the shield members being in parallel and adjacent to one of the columns.
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